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Many pages of this issue are about how the GM LS engine is the hottest thing in the rodding world, but Jim Seafuse does not agree. A true loyalist, he would have been offended if anyone suggested he stick one of those ugly things under the hood of his '57 Ford sedan. Instead, he went with one of the best engines ever to go into a new Mustang: the blown 4.6L monster from an '03 Cobra. The fact that the Ford's exterior remains painfully stock appearing just makes this car neater.

2/9Although its stance is a bit lower to the ground, there is no indication that a Cobra's supercharged 4.6L engine, transmission, and complete suspension hide inside what looks like a bone-stock Custom 300 two-door sedan. All the original trim is still there. The car was kept in a garage for 28 years before Jim Seafuse bought it. The previous owner had taken it completely apart for a restoration that never happened.

Jim, who races Mustangs in the Grand Am Rolex Series, had an '03 Cobra sitting around his shop in Montour Falls, New York, and once he saw this rust-free '57 on eBay, the light bulb went on and he bought it. He had to, since he had one of these cars in his younger days. The engine came out of the Mustang and went to L&B Engine Development in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, for a rebuild, after which Randy DeLisio at DeLisio Restorations in Lyons, New York, installed it and the Cobra's transmission and front and rear independent suspension in the '57. Randy also did the body and paint work. Jim has several cool collector cars but more often than not reaches for the keys to the '57 because he loves to drive it. And that's what it's all about.